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Last Month In Animation
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The Monk and
the Fish. © Folimage.
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* Saturday, December 11, 1999 - Sunday, April
2, 2000. Valence, France.
Folimage, the creators of the 1995 Cartoon
D’Or winner Le Moine Et Le Poisson (The Monk And The
Fish), featured an exhibition of their world-famous work. The
event took place from 2 pm - 6 pm every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday. An additional screening at 9 am - 12 pm was held on Wednesdays,
Saturdays and Sundays. For more information contact 4, Place des Ormeaux,
26000 Valence, France; or Tel.: ++ 33 4 75 79 20 80.
Read about Folimage's. other Cartoon D'Or winning
film, L'enfant Au Grelot/Charlie's Christmas, by the director
himself Jacques-Rémy Girerd in Animation World Magazine. Available
in English
and French.
*Wednesday, April 5, 2000. Burbank, California.
U.S.A.
WIA’s Production Management Group
(PMG) presented a discussion on scripts, show bibles and development.
Attendees learned what there is to know after a project is acquired
and before it’s greenlit. Guests brought their work which was
workshopped with other professionals. The discussion took place at
Nickelodeon Studios. The cost was US$5 for Members and $20 for Non-members.
The event was free for employees of Nick. For more information contact
Kellie-Bea Cooper at: Tel.: (818) 623-0020 or E-mail: kellie-bea@kellie-bea.com.
* Thursday, April 6 - Sunday, April 9, 2000. Brisbane,
Australia.
The
Third Brisbane International Animation Festival represents Australia
in an international animation festival alliance with Ottawa, Holland,
Fantoche and Anima Mundi. It is Australia's only festival dedicated
exclusively to animation in all of its forms. Playing host to national
and international guests who gathered in Brisbane, Australia, to experience
the best of world class animation, the festival provided a local,
national and international forum for the appreciation of the art and
diversity of animation. Programming included an International Competition,
National Commercials Competition, Retrospectives, Gay and Lesbian
Themes in Animation, Seminars, Late Night Features and Children's
Components. Stop-motion master, Ray
Harryhausen opened the Festival as guest of honor. The Festival
tours from Brisbane to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Darwin, Perth,
Cairns, Canberra, Hobart and other major regional centers. For more
information contact Peter Moyes, Director at: The Brisbane International
Animation Festival, PO Box 1361, Fortitude Valley, Q 4006, Australia;
Tel.: ++ 617 3392-2307; Fax: ++ 617 3392-2314; E-mail: info@biaf.com.au;
or Web: www.biaf.com.au.
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Kirikou and
the Sorceress © Les Armateurs.
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* Thursday, April 6 - Sunday, April 16, 2000.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
After their successful first run, the 2nd
Annual Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival held their
upcoming International Competition which featured 14 short films and
the screening of fifty additional selections. This year, the Festival
programmed a non-competitive section completely dedicated to animated
short films. For more information contact Rosa Martinez c at: AV.
Corrientes 1530 8° - office 7, Buenos Aires 1042, Argentina;
Tel.: ++54 11 4372 3844; or Fax: ++54 11 4372 9585.
* Sunday, April 10, 2000. Orange, California,
U.S.A.
Chapman University's Film School presented
a special screening of Kirikou
And The Sorceress. Dr. Maureen Furniss (author of Art In
Motion: Animation Aesthetics, and founding editor of the Animation
Journal) spoke briefly before the screening of the film. The film
was the original French version, with English subtitles. The showing
was free to the public. It took place on the main campus of Chapman
Univeristy in Orange, California, in the Argyros Forum (Room 208).
For more information contact Greg Singer at E-mail: pigwhistle@hotmail.com.
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